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Portuguese Sign Language Service at SMAS of Almada

Thematic Area
Water and Cities
Water, energy and Food
Innovation
Location
Almada
Application Areas
Water Services
Scope
Local or Regional Administration
Disclosure | Institutional Site
Clipping | AIA
Disclosure | Newsletter
Disclosure | Social Networks

Entity

Description

SMAS de Almada was the first municipal service, in 2017, to provide video interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language. With this service, the Organization is able to make the contact of the deaf, face-to-face or video-chatted community (via Skype or through 12472) more autonomous and inclusive, and can carry out all kind of services that SMAS offers.

Objectives

  • Enable face-to-face contact or video call of a deaf person
  • Ensure inclusion and equality in access to information

Next challenges

Promote the use of the service.